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Sorter to Speed Mail Is Patented; New Device Provides Way to Code-Mark Bulky Envelopes VARIETY OF IDEAS IN NEW PATENTS

BY STACY V. JONESSpecial to The New York Times. ();

September 05, 1959,

, Section BUSINESS FINANCIAL, Page 19, Column , words

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The irregular envelope, stuffed with dress material samples from Aunt May or returning the key that Uncle Arthur carried away, long baffled the designers of mail-sorting machines.

September 05, 1959

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